Database Name:TableBase
Acronym:BTBL; TBL
Producer:Responsive Database Services (acquired by The Gale Group)
Type of Information:Bibliographic; Full-text; Numeric
Group(s):BUSINESS & ECONOMY, INDUSTRIES, METALS/ALLOYS/COMPOUNDS, MINING
Database Description:Contains numerical and strategical information including : market share, rankings, forecasts, product and industry sales, shipments, users, capacity, capital expenditures, consumption, imports/exports, and production.
Covers manufacturing and service industries: aerospace, agriculture, apparel, automotive, banking, beverage, chemical, computer, electronics, dairy products, defense, energy, entertainmnet, finance, food, healthcare, insurance, metals, mining, mobile communications, network hardware and software, oil and gas, packaging, paints, paper products, pharmaceuticals, plastics, publishing, restaurants, retailing, securities, semiconductors, telecommunications, textiles, transportation, and utilities.
Information Sources:Data drawn from the U.S. Trade Association, and also extracted from : economic and business publications; investment research; statistical yearbooks (from international agencies, governmental and NGO organizations).
Time Span:1997 to date
Numer of Records:Around 120,000
Language:English
Updating Frequency:Weekly
Distributors:Alacra (online)
DataStar (online)
DIALOG (online)
Gale / Cengage (online) : database itself or as part of the databank RDS Business Suite